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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 216 

Expressing support for the designation of September 2015 as ‘‘National 

Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 21, 2015 

Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of September 2015 

as ‘‘National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas 1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted in college; 

Whereas freshmen and sophomores are at a greater risk of 

being sexually assaulted than juniors or seniors; 

Whereas 19 percent of college women and 6 percent of men 

will be victims of sexual assault over the course of their 

undergraduate career; 

Whereas 15 percent of college men are victims of forced sex; 

Whereas many are victims of ‘‘incapacitated assault’’, in 

which they are assaulted while drugged, drunk, passed 

out, or otherwise incapacitated; 

Whereas a victim often knows their attacker as an acquaintance, classmate, friend, or (ex)partner; 


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Whereas less than 5 percent of completed and attempted 

rapes of college students are reported to campus authorities or local law enforcement; 

Whereas sexual assault victims are likely to tell someone they 

know, most often a friend, about their victimization experience; 

Whereas 40 percent of college survivors feared reprisal by the 

perpetrator; 

Whereas less than 5 percent of college men account for 90 

percent to 95 percent of the rapes on college campuses; 

Whereas many victims fear poor treatment by campus or law 

enforcement authorities, lack of knowledge of the reporting process, and the disclosure of the incident to families 

and other students; 

Whereas men often overestimate their peers’ acceptance of 

sexual assault and underestimate other men’s willingness 

to intervene and provide assistance when a woman is in 

trouble; 

Whereas approximately 8 percent of institutions still do not 

allow confidential reporting; 

Whereas 21 percent of institutions in the national sample 

provide no sexual assault response training for members 

of their faculty and staff; 

Whereas more than 30 percent of institutions do not provide 

any sexual assault training for students; 

Whereas approximately 41 percent of institutions have not 

conducted a single sexual assault investigation in the last 

5 years; 

Whereas more than 90 percent of institutions state that sexual assault victims have access to community victim asVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:03 Apr 22, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR216.IH HR216

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sistance/advocacy programs, yet only 51 percent reported 

utilizing these services in their team approach; 

Whereas most institutions fail to provide access to a specially 

trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE); 

Whereas law enforcement officials at 30 percent of institutions receive no training on how to respond to reports of 

sexual violence; 

Whereas more than 70 percent of institutions do not have 

protocols regarding how the institution and local law enforcement should work together to respond to sexual violence; 

Whereas 33 percent of institutions failed to provide training 

to dispel ‘‘rape myths’’ to persons adjudicating sexual assault claims; 

Whereas 43 percent of the Nation’s largest public schools 

allow students to help adjudicate sexual assault cases; 

Whereas 22 percent of institutions allow athletic department 

oversight of sexual violence cases involving student athletes; 

Whereas more than 10 percent of institutions do not have a 

Title IX coordinator, as required by Federal law; 

Whereas many sexual assault victims experience confusion 

over how to report, confusion over acceptable standards 

of conduct and definitions of rape and sexual assault, and 

fear of punishment for activities preceding some assaults, 

such as underage drinking; 

Whereas only 16 percent of institutions reported conducting 

confidential climate surveys regarding behaviors that constitute or are associated with sexual assault; 


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Whereas only 22 percent of institutions provide sexual violence training targeted at the Greek system and only 37 

percent provide training targeted at student athletes; 

Whereas 21 percent of the Nation’s largest private institutions conducted fewer investigations than the number of 

incidents reported to the Department of Education; 

Whereas only 10 to 25 percent of perpetrators are found responsible for sexual assault were kicked off of campus 

permanently; 

Whereas 10 percent of reported college rape cases result in 

criminal charges against the defendant; 

Whereas victims of forced campus sexual assault are more 

likely to make changes in their lives, such as changing 

college major, changing campus housing, dropping a 

class, and seek psychological counseling, as a result of 

the victimization; 

Whereas over 90 percent of colleges and universities do not 

have an affirmative consent policy; 

Whereas 0 percent of colleges and universities do not power 

a culture of consent; and 

Whereas September 2015 would be an appropriate month to 

designate as ‘‘National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month’’ : Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 

2 the designation of ‘‘National Campus Sexual Assault 

3 Awareness Month’’. 

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